Comments | ysabetwordsmith: Poem: "ssessu"

ysabetwordsmith

Poem: "ssessu"

Oct 13, 2009 23:40

This poem was prompted and sponsored by minor_architect. It's all about what a former shifter misses.

ssessu

hssaa
is the sound of skin shedding
and the emotion of the snake shedding the skin:
it-feels-so-good-to-get-this-off.

As a shifter, I have known
as many emotions
as I have skins, and many more.

mrau, the cats’ name for the moon ( Read more... )

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Comments 36

miintikwa October 14 2009, 06:32:07 UTC

This is really beautiful. I love it.

Yay! ysabetwordsmith October 15 2009, 06:20:33 UTC

I'm happy to hear that.

fayanora October 17 2009, 07:07:19 UTC

Me too!

minor_architect October 14 2009, 12:22:41 UTC

...

I think this just became one of my favorite poems of yours. <3

And I'll be re-posting it to my own journal very soon.

tuftears October 14 2009, 19:08:37 UTC

Indeed, it's a lovely poem!

Thank you! ysabetwordsmith October 14 2009, 20:15:23 UTC

I'm happy to hear that.

dormouse_in_tea October 15 2009, 03:57:48 UTC

Thank you for sponsoring this. I'm grateful to have read it.

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janetmiles October 14 2009, 13:25:25 UTC

Oooh.

haikujaguar October 14 2009, 14:03:05 UTC

So painful. -_-

Yes... ysabetwordsmith October 14 2009, 17:33:20 UTC

The world is full of ways in which people reduce each other's choices and adaptability. The imagery in this poem is speculative, but the problem is real.

reileen October 14 2009, 15:16:43 UTC

Beautifully sad.